Today, combat aviation and support elements of the United States Army’s 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) landed at Monroe Regional Airport in support of a Large-Scale Long-Range Air Assault. (L2A2). This in part of a large exercise before they assault onto training objectives at Fort Johnson, LA. These helicopters and the Soldiers on board will stop at several locations throughout the flight path to refuel and resupply. The primary stops for refuel and resupply are located in Oxford and Tunica, MS, and Monroe, Minden, and Alexandria, LA.
Large-scale, long-range Air Assault (L2A2) allows the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) to rapidly concentrate highly lethal, low-signature, and cohesive combat forces from dispersed locations to overwhelm adversaries at a place and time of our choosing. L2A2 means delivering one brigade combat team over 500 nautical miles in one period of darkness, arriving as a cohesive element where the enemy least expects it, capable of fighting behind enemy lines for 14 or more days.